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(11) EP 0 444 664 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/36

(21) Application number: 91103006.2

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A01N 63/00, C12N 15/31, C12N 15/52
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 28.02.1990 JP 45481/90
18.02.1991 JP 44027/91

(71) Applicants:
  • SUNTORY LIMITED
    Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530 (JP)
  • DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
    Osaka-shi Osaka 530 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shibano, Yuji
    Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 560 (JP)
  • Toyoda, Hideyoshi
    Tanabe-cho Tsuzuki-gun Kyoto 610-03 (JP)
  • Utsumi, Ryutaro
    Nara-shi, Nara 631 (JP)
  • Obata, Kazuaki
    Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 560 (JP)

(74) Representative: Wächtershäuser, Günter, Prof. Dr. 
Patentanwalt, Tal 29
80331 München
80331 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
     
    Remarks:
    The applicant has subsequently filed a sequence listing and declared, that it includes no new matter.
     


    (54) Fusaric acid resistant genes


    (57) Fusaric acid resistant genes derived from fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganisms such as Pseudomonas cepacia and Klebsiella oxytoca are described. Also described are DNA fragments and plasmids, which comprise such fusaric acid resistant genes. Host cells comprising such plasmids are also described.
    Figure 1 shows the restriction maps of DNA fragments which contain different fusaric acid resistant genes, respectively.





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